Whittier Police Officer Keith Boyer, a 53-year-old white man, was shot and killed on Monday, Feb. 20, at the intersection of Colima Road and Mar Vista Street in Whittier, according to authorities.

Boyer and two other officers were called to the scene to investigate a traffic collision about 8 a.m. when one of the drivers in the accident pulled out a gun and began shooting, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. John Corina told The Times.

The officers returned fire and three people were struck, including Christopher Michael Mejia, 26, a felon investigators would later learn was a suspect in the fatal shooting of his cousin earlier that morning in East Los Angeles.

Both Mejia and Patrick Hazell, a Whittier officer with three years on the force, were injured and taken to the hospital with injuries they are expected to survive.

Jose George Anthony Franco, a 37-year-old Latino, was shot and killed by police officers on Wednesday, Nov. 16, in the 13400 block of Penn Street in Whittier, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Whittier police officers were called to the scene around 6 a.m. after someone called the department reporting "a suspicious man walking westbound on Penn Street, possibly holding a machete," according to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lt. Steve Jauch.

When the officers tried to talk to Franco, he ignored their commands to drop the machete and picked up a tree branch and threw it at one of them, Jauch said.

The branch missed, Jauch said, but then Franco lunged at another officer, and two officers opened fire.

Franco was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:01 a.m. from multiple gunshot wounds, according to ...

Lawrence Garcia, a 34-year-old Latino, died Sunday Nov. 13, after being shot in the 6300 block of Newlin Avenue in Whittier, according to Long Beach County coroner’s records.

About 9 a.m., Whittier police responded to several calls about gunshots, Officer John Scoggins said. They found Garcia, who had been shot several times. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:05 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

Detectives believe the shooting occurred about 1.a.m., and they are looking for witnesses.

Anyone with information can call the Whittier Police Department at (562) 567-9270. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.

Jose Luis Duarte, a 26-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Sunday, Dec. 14, in the 17200 block of Lambert Road in Whittier, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

Shortly after midnight, Duarte and a young woman were walking east on the sidewalk when Duarte got into an argument with some people across the street at a convenience store, according to a news release from the Whittier Police Department.

As Duarte and the woman walked away, a silver or gray sedan drove past and a person inside fired several shots striking both Duarte and the woman.

Duarte was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1:33 a.m., according to coroner’s records. The young woman is expected to survive.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Whittier Police Department at (562) 567-9241. Those who wish to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at ...

Richard Armando Mationg, a 22-year-old Latino, was shot and killed Saturday, May 10, in the 5800 block of Ben Alder Avenue in Whittier, according to Los Angeles County coroner’s records.

About 9 p.m., Whittier police responded to a report of gunshots and found Mationg in the frontyard of his home with a gunshot wound to the chest, according to a news release from the Whittier Police Department.

A man was seen leaving the scene in a silver vehicle.

Mationg was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 9:47 p.m., according to coroner’s records.

Hours later, Augustin Garcia, a 27-year-old Latino, turned himself in to police in connection with the shooting, said Brad White, the community relations officer.

Garcia was charged May 13 with one count of murder with allegations that he used a firearm causing death and that the crime was committed ...

Gisela Margarete Hohensee, an 83-year-old white woman, was fatally shot Monday, July 22, in the 11800 block of Floral Drive in Whittier, according to L.A. County coroner’s records.

Whittier police officers arrived at an apartment about 10 a.m. and found Hohensee and her husband fatally wounded, said Brad White, the community relations officer for the department.

Hohensee was pronounced dead at the apartment at 10:42 a.m., according to coroner’s records.

Police suspect that Hohensee’s husband may have shot her, then turned the gun on himself. White said that Hohensee’s husband had medical problems and did not want to live anymore. He said Hohensee did not want to live without her husband.